| Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert A Azua-Bustos, AG Fairén, C González-Silva, C Ascaso, D Carrizo, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 16706, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
| Microbial succession dynamics along glacier forefield chronosequences in Tierra del Fuego (Chile) MA Fernández-Martínez, S Pérez-Ortega, SB Pointing, TG Allan Green, ... Polar Biology 40, 1939-1957, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars A Azua-Bustos, C González-Silva, MÁ Fernández-Martínez, ... Scientific reports 9 (1), 11024, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| Simulating Mars Drilling Mission for Searching for Life: Ground-Truthing Lipids and Other Complex Microbial Biomarkers in the Iron-Sulfur Rich Río Tinto Analog L Sánchez-García, MA Fernández-Martínez, M Moreno-Paz, D Carrizo, ... Astrobiology 20 (9), 1029-1047, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| Biomarker profiling of microbial mats in the geothermal band of Cerro Caliente, Deception Island (Antarctica): life at the edge of heat and cold MÁ Lezcano, M Moreno-Paz, D Carrizo, O Prieto-Ballesteros, ... Astrobiology 19 (12), 1490-1504, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Prokaryotic community structure and metabolisms in shallow subsurface of Atacama Desert playas and alluvial fans after heavy rains: repairing and preparing for next dry period MÁ Fernández-Martínez, R dos Santos Severino, M Moreno-Paz, ... Frontiers in microbiology 10, 1641, 2019 | 30* | 2019 |
| Active lithoautotrophic and methane-oxidizing microbial community in an anoxic, sub-zero, and hypersaline High Arctic spring E Magnuson, I Altshuler, MÁ Fernández-Martínez, YJ Chen, C Maggiori, ... The ISME Journal 16 (7), 1798-1808, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| Microbial Biomarker Transition in High-Altitude Sinter Mounds From El Tatio (Chile) Through Different Stages of Hydrothermal Activity L Sanchez-Garcia, MA Fernandez-Martinez, M García-Villadangos, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 3350, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Functional ecology of soil microbial communities along a glacier forefield in Tierra del Fuego (Chile) MA Fernández-Martínez, SB Pointing, S Pérez-Ortega, M Arróniz-Crespo, ... International Microbiology 19 (3), 161-173, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Inhabited subsurface wet smectites in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert as an analog for the search for life on Mars A Azua-Bustos, AG Fairén, CG Silva, D Carrizo, MÁ Fernández-Martínez, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 19183, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Diverse metabolic and stress-tolerance pathways in chasmoendolithic and soil communities of Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica STS Wei, MA Fernandez-Martinez, Y Chan, JD Van Nostrand, ... Polar Biology 38, 433-443, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Diversity of Endosymbiotic Nostoc in Gunnera magellanica (L) from Tierra del Fuego, Chile MA Fernández-Martínez, A de Los Ríos, LG Sancho, S Pérez-Ortega Microbial ecology 66, 335-350, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Dark microbiome and extremely low organics in Atacama fossil delta unveil Mars life detection limits A Azua-Bustos, AG Fairén, C González-Silva, O Prieto-Ballesteros, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 808, 2023 | 22 | 2023 |
| Microbiology and nitrogen cycle in the benthic sediments of a glacial oligotrophic deep andean lake as analog of ancient martian lake-beds V Parro, F Puente-Sánchez, NA Cabrol, I Gallardo-Carreño, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 929, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Taxonomic characterization and microbial activity determination of cold-adapted microbial communities in Lava Tube Ice Caves from Lava Beds National Monument, a high-fidelity … BRW O'Connor, MÁ Fernández-Martínez, RJ Léveillé, LG Whyte Astrobiology 21 (5), 613-627, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Comprehensive metabolic and taxonomic reconstruction of an ancient microbial mat from the McMurdo Ice Shelf (Antarctica) by integrating genetic, metaproteomic and lipid … MÁ Lezcano, L Sánchez-García, A Quesada, D Carrizo, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 799360, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Microfluidics Microbial Activity MicroAssay: An Automated In Situ Microbial Metabolic Detection System D Touchette, I Altshuler, I Raymond-Bouchard, MÁ Fernández-Martínez, ... Astrobiology 22 (2), 158-170, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Geomicrobiological heterogeneity of lithic habitats in the extreme environment of Antarctic Nunataks: a potential early Mars analog MÁ Fernández-Martínez, M García-Villadangos, M Moreno-Paz, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 670982, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Shifting perspectives in polar research: global lessons on the barriers and drivers for securing academic careers in natural sciences B Figuerola, N Valiente, A Barbosa, MJ Brasier, R Colominas-Ciuró, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 777009, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Life detection and microbial biomarker profiling with signs of life detector-life detector chip during a Mars drilling simulation campaign in the hyperarid core of the Atacama … M Moreno-Paz, RS dos Santos Severino, L Sánchez-García, ... Astrobiology 23 (12), 1259-1283, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
